Newspaper Stories on What Men Want

Good Weekend Profile on Bettina

"You never see men getting up and saying, 'Sex is terrific.' They never talk about it." Why not? They don't dare, according to Arndt. Their libido is an embarrassment to them – "because that's the only way it plays out in our community, as a source of shame." – Profile on Bettina published in Good Weekend, SMH and The Age, August 28, 2010. Download the article

The Secret Life of Men

"The secrets that emerged when these 150 men agreed to talk about their sex lives were amazing: the man who wears his wife's underwear beneath his bowling shorts; the man who left his marriage after 19 years of no sex; the happily married men who occasionally sleep with other men; the 40-year-old who frolicked with his elderly lover in her nursing home." Article by Bettina published in Sunday magazine in News Limited papers, August 29. Download the article

Agony Arndt to tell men's sex secrets

"The National Press Club is getting a little naughty. Best-selling sex therapist Bettina Arndt, will be the guest speaker at lunch on Tuesday." Canberra Times September 28, (Note the lunch was on Thurs, Sept 2nd).

Opinion column by Bettina

"A breakdown in a man's sexual equipment can be just as emotionally harrowing as a woman losing a breast". Download the article

What men want in bed - more sex!

"A new book written by Australian sex therapist Bettina Arndt has revealed what men really desire most in bed from their partner is more sex." Read the article in The Times of India

The Age

The Sydney Morning Herald

The Canberra Times

The Australian

  • Ten Questions: Bettina Arndt "Bettina talks about sex, and writes books about sex, which make some critics very cross indeed."
  • Arndt's Anger "David Leser's story this month is about Bettina Arndt (and the "Peter-Meter" she keeps in her office - don't ask)." The Australian, October 4.

Dubbo Photo News

The Byron Echo

The West Advocate

Mercury News

Newcastle Herald

Irish Herald

  • "One-in-five Irish men in relationships have low interest in sex - and don't admit to it" Read the article